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By Neil Armstrong PRIDE Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario — To honour National Aboriginal Day, June 21, the upcoming Spirit of Mandela Freedom Walk will end with a concert in tribute to the First Peoples of Canada. The concert will open ...

Photo above is of Dr. Mandela addressing the audience at the African marketplace gala. Photo: Amref. By Neil Armstrong PRIDE Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario — Dr. Makaziwe (Maki) Mandela, the eldest daughter of Nelson Mandela and his first wife, Evelyn ...

TORONTO, Ontario – Jamaica-born, Deputy Chief of the Toronto Police Services (TPS), Peter Sloly, and Barbados-born bookstore entrepreneur, Itah Sadu, will receive the 2015 Pioneers for Change (PfC) Awards. Organised and hosted by Skills for Change (SfC), which, for over ...

By Neil Armstrong PRIDE Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario — The Ontario Alliance of Black School Educators (ONABSE) will soon strategize and decide on its next course of action in response to a report it commissioned which found that systemic anti-Black ...

TORONTO, Ontario — In a newly released report entitled, “Administrative Segregation in Federal Corrections: 10 Year Trends”, the Office of the Correctional Investigator has once again exposed the deep currents of anti-Black racism in Canada’s federal prison system. The report ...

Photo above: Left-right: Tam Goossen, past president, Urban Alliance on Race Relations & member of the Ontario Press Council; Dr. Joseph Y.K. Wong, founding member of the Chinese Canadian National Council; Dominic Campione, president of the Canadian Ethnocultural Council; Amy ...

Photo above is of Teriano Lesancha. Photo by Lucy Sterezylo. By Neil Armstrong PRIDE Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario — Seven women were recently recognized at the 35th YWCA Toronto Women of Distinction Awards for creating opportunities that improve the lives ...

Photo above is of Canadian actor/rapper Michie Mee, who is set to host Honey Jam 20th anniversary party on May 27 at Revival Bar in Toronto. Photo Credit: Denise Grant. TORONTO, Ontario – Honey Jam, the multicultural, multi-genre incubator for ...

Photo above is of Marlon Griffith (left) with the students of the Intensive Sculpture Workshop at York University. Photo courtesy of York University. TORONTO, Ontario — Internationally recognized Trinidadian artist and “mas” man Marlon Griffith is the 2015 Louis Odette Sculptor-in-Residence ...

Photo above: Sade Felix (left) and Loca Lola will be in the parade as part of the first-time band, Durham Mas. Photo by Lincoln Depradine. By Lincoln Depradine PRIDE Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario — Fence-jumpers be warned: the Festival Management Committee ...